CLIFF — It’s the end of an era at Cliff High School for the Shock family. Brian Shock will be leaving the Cowboys to take a head boys basketball coaching position at Alamogordo High School.

Shock has been with Cliff for the past three seasons, and has led the Cowboys to two state championships and a final four appearance in his first year at the helm. The third-generation coach saw his father Pete Shock win state titles at Cliff and post 854 wins. Grandfather Dale Shock started it all and spent 41 years as the head coach at Cliff High School.

The past three seasons saw Brian take the Cowboys to a 76-12 record, including a 10-1 record in the Class A State Basketball Championships. He spent a year as his father’s assistant coach before he took over the helm back in 2014.

Before coming to Cliff, Brian spent nine years coaching at Aztec and Piedra Vista. As the coach at Piedra Vista, Shock tallied a 23-4 record and had a final four appearance in 2011.

According to the Alamogordo Daily News, Brian was among one of 15 applicants. Alamogordo High School liked his experience and him being well rounded. His back-to-back state championships showed his work ethic with the kids.

The Tigers will drop from Class 6A to Class 5A and Brian will enter the program with that in mind. Cliff will also be jumping classes and go from Class A to Class 2A next season.

Brian will also become the fourth different head coach in Alamogordo since 2012. He replaces Tom Shields who spent just one season with the Tigers. Alamogordo High was 9-19 under Shields and 2-4 in the district. Alamogordo will move into the district ranks with Chaparral, Deming and Santa Teresa.

Note: Two basketball positions will be open at Cliff High School, as Audra Collard resigned in January and Kari Carter was named the interim coach at that time.